Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Stock markets around the world have been on the rebound overnight as traders react to rising commodity prices and corporate earnings.A 2.2% gain in the copper price has renewed interest in miners...

Crude oil prices have seen major movements over the past seven days. WTI crude oil began last week at USD $46.02 and reached USD $47.12 on Wednesday, its highest level in more than a month. Prices...

The Bank of Canada's recent change in tone has led to a strong appreciation of the Canadian dollar against other major currencies since the beginning of June. This sharp appreciation was also...

Stock markets around the world are trading lower to start the new week. Markets in Europe are under particular pressure, continuing Friday’s selloff with the automotive sector weakening. The DAX...

The Canadian dollar has not showed any signs of letting up since it began its rise, which saw it gain close to 1% last week and close to 9% since its low point in May. Canadian inflation generated...

Canadian investors should take note of the current developments occurring, and the ones that are about to happen in British Columbia.Firstly, the state of emergency in the province of B.C. was...

Net income of Rogers Communications Inc (TO:RCIa) rose 35 percent to $531 million in the quarter ended June 2017, compared with $394 million during the quarter ended June 2016. Revenue rose 4 percent...

Like sports fans would say, the Canadian economy has momentum. Yesterday, Manufacturing Shipments data showed a post-recession high in factory sales. What is particularly interesting with regard to...

WASHINGTON AND THE U.S. DOLLARThe spectacular nosedive in the USD/CAD exchange rate is not solely related to the change in course from the Bank of Canada. It is important to note that some of this...

Canada’s main stock market fell into the red zone by noon on Monday, giving up the highs it made in the opening session.The S&P/TSX Composite Index was down by 9.45 points, or 0.06 percent,...

Last Wednesday morning, the Bank of Canada (BoC) raised its key rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, the first rate increase in seven years. Further to upbeat comments from BoC Governor Stephen Poloz and...

The Chinese economy has again given observers a positive surprise: In the past quarter, the world’s second largest economy posted growth of 6.9%. Industrial output and consumption appear to have...

The Bank of Canada has joined the Fed in embarking on the road to monetary policy normalization, hiking the benchmark monetary policy rate +25bps to 0.75%. This comes at a time as Canada's property...

While there was nothing groundbreaking in Chair Yellen's perfunctory testimony, she unambiguously drew attention to inflation as the critical determinant of Fed rate hikes. Given the market’s...